nut hatch

nut·hatch

[nuht-hach]
noun
any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English notehache, nuthagge, nuthak, literally, nut hacker. See nut, hack1

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nuthatch (ˈnʌtˌhætʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts
 
[C14: notehache, from note nut + hache hatchet, from the bird's habit of splitting nuts; see nut, hack1]

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Nut hatch is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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nuthatch
mid-14c., probably is so called from its habit of breaking open and eating nuts; from nut + second element related to hack (v.) and hatchet.
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nuthouse definition


and nut factory; nut-foundry; nuthatch
  1. n.
    an insane asylum. : The teacher spent three years in the nuthouse. , When did you get out of the nut factory?
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